Has Anyone Ever Had A Laparoscopy?

[Lissa]

Here’s a TMI question which occurred to me:

Is it painful to move your bowels after a laparoscopy?

[Tiggrkitty]

@aruvqan

Had my tubes tied laparascopically. The operation was uneventful and done on an outpatient basis. IIRC I was there for about 4 hours afterwards, but I recover very quickly=)

There was pain on the drive home from the gas used to insuflate the abdomen hitting the nerves on the underside of the diaphragm, sort of felt like someone trying to pry my shoulderblades up with a butterknife, but on the whole tolerable. The 2 sites [one just in the rim of my navel, and one lower on my mons veneris] were a bit tender to touch for a few days, and there was some abdominal discomfort, from the rumamging about that they did. Nothing was particularly bad [keeping in mind I have a fairly high pain threshold, and good chronic pain tolerance] and I was able to be comfortable with an occasional motrin 800, though stronger meds were offered and the script taken home - YMMV. If you need pain killers, use them and be comfortable! You will heal better if you are comfortable. Avoid lifting or heavy movements for a week or so, simple good sense precaution as you will have a fairly invasive procedure done=) and you body does need to heal=) I would recommend very light foods for the first few days - preferably smaller meals 5 or 6 times a day, and plenty of liquids.

Exactly the same thing for me. I had my tubes tied on Friday and by Sunday I was back in blue jeans. I think I took 2 pain pills that weekend, 1 Friday night to help me sleep and 1 Saturday because of the shoulder discomfort.

I think having my navel pierced caused more pain than my tubal did.

[Kricket]

It’s amazing what they can do through those little holes!
I had my first scope when I was 17 for an unknown pain in my right side which I still live with today and it is still unknown.
At 21 I had my appendix removed, at 25 I had my tubes tied, at 27 I had my gall bladder removed, 29 another scope for same pain as at 17, at 31 I had a hystarectomy.
All of them pretty easy except the gall bladder and the last one. They poked alot of holes in me for the gall bladder and they had to move around alot of stuff for the hystarectomy. And even those two weren’t bad. Just a bit more tender and way more bruised.
I didn’t get the shoulder pains with any of them.
I felt it wasn’t really the holes they poke in you that bother a person, but the muscles they mess with.
I was sore, but not in pain if that makes any sense.
I know I’m not as technical as the other posters, but I wanted to wish you well.
I’m not sure about questions you may want to ask, because around here they usually clean you up once and then opt for removal so you don’t have to keep going through the same thing over and over again.
Even though I have five children, it was still a hard decision.